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  A Mafia princess trapped, waiting for an arranged marriage. A second-born son and hacker fascinated by what he can’t have. Attraction. Obsession. Fate. Leticia I’m used to Father’s strict control and the security cameras in every room. But the feeling of being watched is new. With the newly established truce, I’ve been granted tiny freedoms like having a friend. It’s nice having someone to text with. Royal Cavanagh is unlike anyone I’ve ever met. He unlocks a desire to experience life in a way I never thought possible. But college classes are nearly over, and I’m running out of time. Soon I’ll be an obedient housewife to a made man. I don’t have a choice, never did. Royal Being the resident tech genius is exhausting yet fulfilling. With no shortage of work, life is predictable — until a certain Mafia princess awakens something within me. She’s off-limits, according to everyone  except  my wolf. I should focus on my family’s security because something dangerous is stirri...

  Barbie meets Scream with a 90s nostalgia twist in this horror romp from Bless Your Heart author Lindy Ryan. Horror author Jill has just moved to suburban New Jersey, hoping to fit in with the new PTA moms and  maybe  not weird everyone out with her Final Girl coffee mug. You know. Make some real friends. But then a plastic face-masked serial killer begins slashing their way through town, one overly made-up mom at a time. The police are incredulous. The moms are indignant. And Jill is slowly wrapped into a killer’s murderous spree, until she might just be the last woman standing. A delightfully murderous novel that is equal parts scathing and salacious,  Dollface  will win you over with its gossip and gore, one body at a time. My Review I really liked this book. It was the nostalgia of it all that really drew me in. Instantly, I got Stepford Wives vibes from this book. I did figure out fairly quickly the who, what, and why. Although, I was off slightly on the "...

  It’s 2001. Heavy Metal Reigns. Serial Killers Run Free. Stella has replaced her rookie detective badge with a hunting knife fit for a beast. She’s on a killing rampage, and she’s feeling stronger than death. Blazing through the desert after slaughtering the Red River Ripper, lust and exhilaration course through Stella’s veins. Blasting the primal songs of Black Label Society, she rides a hardcore rush. The rotten metallic taste of death stains her throat, intensifying her desire for more. Craving a night doused in bourbon and heavy metal, she reunites with the fire-haired criminal profiler, Agent Iris Quesnel, from her last case. The lust lingering from their first encounter at a Queensrÿche concert burns hotter than ever. Following the after-party of a lifetime, Iris and Stella embark on a rampage to cleanse the earth of the most deranged human monsters. As the killer within flourishes, the carnage rages out of control, and the gore escalates to unexpected extremes. Hallucinatio...

  LEMON I screwed up my first solo potion and now the customer is covered in hives. If that disaster wasn’t bad enough, knowing it might get my family’s potions house gobbled up by a competitor is the icing on the cake. What I didn’t expect was for my father to ship me off to the Wild West monster haven of Pine Gulch as punishment. He calls it an opportunity to learn. Pfft. Pine Gulch is a temporary setback—I’ll get back to the city in a New York minute. Except things don’t go as planned when a mysterious sickness befalls the haven’s animals. Before I know it I’m smack dab in the middle of an investigation. Unfortunately, Furyon Zayle, the ranger in charge of the investigation, is a smoking-hot dark elf with an unnatural amount of charm. Him staring at me might be hot if I wasn’t being accused of somehow manufacturing the illness. I’m a fish out of water in the worst possible way, but the pull between Furyon and me is stronger than the threat of my guilt. He introduces me to the be...

  Detective Kaitlin Pierce It’s always difficult riding up to the scene of a body dump. What type of person would dump another human on the side of the road as if they’re a piece of trash? A monster, a villain, a devil—that’s who. But this one is particularly gruesome. Allison Clarke appeared to have it all—stable career, nice house, loving husband. So, how did she end up murdered and dumped on a desolate stretch of highway? What kind of demons was Allison running from? The Devil Some might call me unhinged, obsessive, a stalker. And they’d be right. I’m a man consumed by need—need for vengeance, for pain, for suffering. But most importantly, I’m consumed by my need for  her . Allison Clarke is my soulmate. Even death will not keep her from me. I will have her in this lifetime and all the lifetimes after. She is mine now and forever. Even if she doesn’t know it quite yet My Review Lo has taken us readers on quite the journey with this trilogy. There have been many ups and down...

  Second-chance Celebrity romance (Childhood) friends to lovers The one who got away Family secrets Emotional trauma healing Forced proximity  The player falls first (and hardest) Milo Webber is the music industry’s golden boy—charming, talented, and emotionally untouchable. Sofia Mendez is the childhood friend he kissed once… and then ghosted. Now she’s a famous actress recovering from a brutal, very public divorce, laying low in Miami and trying to find herself again. Milo has no idea she’s back—until she steps into the studio and shakes his entire world. But when they’re forced to work together, old sparks reignite fast… and so does the hurt. Their chemistry is undeniable, addictive, and quickly becomes more than either of them intended. Just as Milo lets Sofia in, he uncovers a devastating family secret that threatens everything between them. Truth twists into betrayal. Passion turns messy. And the love they’re both terrified to want may not survive what comes next—unless ...

  Hating Patterson Cross is easy. Keeping my hands off him? Not so much. He’s my ex-fiancé’s identical twin brother, my father’s star hockey player, and the man I’ve  despised  for years. That’s three very good reasons I shouldn’t ask Pattycakes to be my hookup for the season. But I recklessly do it anyway. To my surprise, my biggest hater says  yes . We agree to keep it secret. Behind closed doors, I’m his. In public, nothing changes. It’s so much harder than it sounds. Because the more time I spend with Patterson, the more I realize hate was never the problem. It was just easier than admitting the truth. My Review As soon as I started this book, I was hooked. This is no surprise to me. If Lyra writes it, I will read it. The enemies to lovers trope is very strong in this book.  Kendall and Patterson hate each other for the past history. Yet all it took was a night out with alcohol and a little jealousy involved to make both Kendall and Patterson forget for a mo...

  What's a girl to do when she's looking for true love but can't seem to find it on Earth? She applies for an alien husband, of course! But when Fiona receives two for the price of one, both of them decide she's their fated mate. Saddled with this "clerical error," the soft-spoken Fiona has to help her territorial alien husbands get along when all they want is to tear each other apart. Shathar left his grocery business behind to find a new life on Earth—and a bride he could love and call his own. But now he must compete for the title of Fiona's husband when all he wants is peace and happiness. Khesan came from a wealthy family and a strict military life. Knowing he's found his forever in Fiona, he’ll use all his drive and determination to show he’s better than Shathar and earn her love. But only one of them can stay, and it will be up to Fiona to decide who. How can she choose when sparks start to fly between all three of them? My Review Fiona sure got...

  She wrote fiction for a living—until her own life became the plot twist. When bestselling author Amy Willows vanishes without a trace, her disappearance is written off as a publicity stunt—until her daughter, Rylie, a struggling journalist, uncovers a digital breadcrumb trail leading to an enigmatic social media group her mother recently joined. As Rylie plunges deeper into the group’s shadowy corners, she realizes Amy wasn’t just researching her next standalone novel—she was reliving it. With a disgruntled agent fuming over Amy’s decision to abandon her wildly successful series, and clues that suggest the standalone may be more confession than fiction, Rylie finds herself unraveling a twisted narrative written in secrets and stained in truth. The deeper she digs, the more Rylie begins to fear: her mother’s past didn’t stay buried—and someone will do anything to keep it that way. When a bestselling author vanishes, her daughter follows the digital trail—into a story darker than f...

  When I find my fiancé cheating on me, I make the mistake of turning to the one man who wants to destroy my ex more than I do… his brother. Once upon a time I was torn between the two of them. Dean Graham laid his heart on the line and asked me to choose him, but I couldn’t for reasons he can never find out about. He left town and I haven’t seen him since. Now I’m at his mercy in the heart of Vegas and he’s nothing like the rancher I remember. He’s Jaded. Cold. A Twisted King. He’s a permanent fixture at his MC’s strip club, and he’s spent more years behind bars recently than free from them. If I were smart, I’d have hightailed it back to Texas the second we came face to face. Except now that he has me a second time, he refuses to let me go. Dean makes me beg. Bargain. Crawl… If I want his help ruining his brother, I’m going to have to let him ruin me first. Author's Note: Chaos is a dark, ex-boyfriend's brother, MC romance with a morally grey hero, heavy subject matter, matur...

  Indulge your sweet tooth. Welcome to the world of the Faeries of Arydis, where the stakes are low and the steam is hot. Inside this collection, you’ll meet three tooth fairy heroines who are ready to find their fated mates. Perfect for a quick escape, four stories deliver spice and sweetness without the stress. This Omnibus Edition features: 4 Complete Short Stories (Including one never-before-published title!) Guaranteed HEAs Female Fairy / Male Human Low Angst, Medium Heat Grab the complete collection today and see why these human men are falling for the  Faeries of Arydis . My Review This is a really fun collection of short stories. Each one features a different tooth fairy, who finds their "human" mate. The children are not the only ones that got a "reward" when the tooth faeries visited! I thought the stories were good lengths. They were not too long or too short that I felt like anything was rush or missed. I was satisfied by the end of each story. It was fu...

  They were never meant to be more than a secret. One reckless summer. A mistake that burned too hot to survive daylight. When Bastian walked away without a word, Lyzander told himself it didn’t matter. He learned how to bury want beneath bruises, discipline, and the weight of leadership—until anger sharpened into something meaner. Something easier to control. Now Lyzander is captain—untouchable, respected, feared. And Bastian is back. Same university, same elite hockey team, same cramped dorm. Every shift on the ice is a power play. Every practice is punishment disguised as leadership. Every cutting remark, every extra drill, every public correction reminds Bastian who holds the power. To the team, it’s authority. To Bastian, it’s personal. Lyzander calls it discipline—control, armor. Because if he breaks Bastian down first, maybe he won’t break himself. But resentment curdles into hunger. Every brush of skin is a threat. Every look dares the other to remember what they were—and w...

  I thought I had it all. I’m beautiful, smart, and I know exactly how to get what I want. As a legacy of the most popular sorority on campus, I was thrilled to rush with my best friend, Blair. Then, I met Tyler. My one-night-stand who kept coming back for more. He’s charming and just so happens to be rushing the hottest fraternity on campus, Alpha Chi. I was happy. Until I wasn’t. I stumbled upon something I shouldn’t have, and now I’m paying the price. I was whisked away in the night, becoming a ghost to all who knew me. My body is broken, battered, and bruised. My mind isn’t far behind. But I won’t give up. I won’t let them break me. This is my survival story. My Review Holy moly! This book took me for quite the roller coaster ride. It started out good. I though ok, Cassidy and her friend stumbled upon a s@x club. No big deal. Things heated up when Cassidy met Tyler. Yet the story progressed really quickly soon afterwards.  What Cassidy and the other women went through had ...

  I saved his life. Now he owns mine. I’ve lived my whole life in a golden cage, the captive daughter of a powerful mafia don. When my father arranges my marriage to Vincenzo Vici, a cold-blooded assassin from a rival family, it’s a death sentence. For both of us. Because my father uses our engagement to slaughter the Vicis and take their territory. But he makes a grave error. He doesn’t kill the most dangerous Vici of Vincenzo himself. I’ve never met my intended fiancé, so when I stumble upon a handsome, bloodied stranger being tortured in a laundromat in the middle of the night, I follow my instincts and save his life. Big mistake. The man I saved is Vincenzo Vici, and when he discovers I’m the woman who led his family to slaughter, I realize there are circles of hell my father never showed me. Vincenzo should kill me. He wants to kill me. Instead, he decides to make me pay in a different way—by holding me to our arranged marriage and exacting his revenge on me. But Vincenzo isn’...

  Some battles don't end when you come home. Cal Bishop left a part of himself in Afghanistan-alongside brothers whose names are now etched into stone. Back in coastal North Carolina, he's a man adrift, haunted by flashbacks, sleepless nights, and the weight of promises he couldn't keep. Then Ana walks into his life. She doesn't try to fix him. She listens. She stays. And slowly, against the backdrop of salty winds and quiet mornings, Cal begins to believe in something he thought he'd buried hope. Through memories of combat and the wrenching aftermath, The Weight of Sand is a deeply human story about love that grows in the cracks, the ghosts we carry, and the courage it takes to set them down. My Review Warning: You will become fully invested in this book.  I have not read a book like this in a long time. Although, what drew me into this story even more was listening to the audiobook. The audiobook is duet narrated by two of my favorite narrators, CJ Bloom and Joe A...